Folding table.



D. OROWNO,

FOLDING T ABL E. APPLICATION FILED ocT. 5, 1915.

1,206,582., Patented Nov. 28,1916.

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FOLDING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-511915 1 06,582. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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DOMENICO OBOFINO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Nov. 2S, it 9145.

Application filed October 5, 1915. Serial No. 54,212.

' and has for its primary object the provision othingedly connected receptacle forming sectionswhich are designed to constitute the top of the table when the latter is operatively set tip for use, and further designed whereby to permit of an accommodation of the legs of the table when said sections are folded, thus permitting the entire structure to be conveniently carried from place to place.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a table consisting. of hing edly connected sections, supporting legs carried by said sections, and means to permit the legs to he respectively adjusted to operative and inoperative positions and maintaincd in relatively rigid or fixed conditions when the top forming sections are opened.

In the drawings :-l.*igure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the two top forn'iing sections folded onto one another.

Fig 2 is an inverted perspective view of the device showing the hinged sections thereof in a partly set up position and illustrating the extended condition of the legs of one section and the folded condition ot the legs of the other section. Fig. 2") is a side view showing the top forming sections folded to lie in the same general direction with each otheandthe legs adjusted to an operative supporting position. Fig. 4- is a side view oi the table looking at right angles to the position indicated in Fig. 3. Fig. is a section taken on the line 5-43 of Fig. l.

The portable and folding table as herein designed consists of substantiall identical sections il which are adapted to constitute the top of the table when the device is set up, as clearly 'fllustrated in Figs. 3 and t. Each of these sections is provided with 'a main top forming body 2 or iixedileai and a folding leaf 3, the latter being l'iingcd to the former as. at; 4, and adapted to be folded thereonto, as shown in Fi 2. it may be retained in the just mentioned position by means of swinging hooks 5 on the swinging leaves 3 and pins (3 on the fixed leaves 2.

llxtending from each of the fixed leaves 2 are longitudinal walls 7 and 8 and connecting end walls !)--l. The walls 7 of the two sections 1*-.l are hingedlv connected together as at 10, so that both olf said sections l1 may he l'oldcd onto each other, as shown in Fig. .l, and the device made to assume the appearance ot a case. The walls 8 of both sections carry handle devices ll which are alincd with each other and so rclated. to one another that they may be grasped in the hand of the operator when carrying the structure 'l'rom place to place. Suitable latch devices 1') -12 are employed for holding the sections l -l closed onto each other.

'lubc's 1 3 are tiXcd within the sections l'l andsliding in the tubes and adapted to be extended therefrom, arr rods l-l. 'lhcsc rods are. adapted to be extended across the joints between the leaves 2 and Il. as shown in Fig. 3, so as to support the hinged leaves 3 in ositions corrcspomling with the position of the fixed leaves 2. 'lhcso rods are provided with suitable manipulating rings 15 or the equivalent. thercoli which are designed for the purpose of permitting the rods 1 1: to be "freely \vit'lalrawn from the sections ll by the hand ol' the operator nd disposed in active supporting positions beneath the hinged leaves It.

Each section 1 ol' the table structure is provided with a supporting log 1c of: substantially |a'/. viong formation and including a set of bars '17- -17, a set ol similar bars 1S-- l8 which are pivotallvconnected with similar bars l5)-l), as shown at 20. The bars 17 are pivoted at ll to the bars 15) at points between the ends of the latter. Additional bars 22 are pivoted at; 22 to the bars 17. while at the opposite ends the mentioned bars 22 are provided with a rigid. cross bar "l t having a slot therein which prcl'cralllv extends in a longitudinal direcxion. This slot is adapted to receive a relativcly' flat head 26 oi? a rotatable locking device .57, and it is stated that said device,

al'ter being inserted through the slot, may

be adjusted to lie at right'anglcs thereto so as to hold bar 2-1; securely and operatively confined against the adjacent end wall 9. The opp site end wall 9 of the table section pivotally receives the bars 17-17 as at 98.

it now follows that when the locking devices 27 are released from their locking engagement with the bars 24 of the folding logs, the several bars which. go to constitute thelegs may be Very compactly folded Withrelation to one another, and then arranged to snugly fit between the longitudinal and end walls of this section of the table,'as shown in the drawings.

The companion leg structures of the two sections 11 may be interconnected with one another by means of a keeper bar 29 pivoted to one of the leg structures as at 30, and on reference to the drawings it is seen that the said bar is provided with a hook 31 which receives a pin 32 on the leg structure of the opposite or companion section of the table. After the legs are extended to either of the positions shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a rigid relation of the parts results and the table is then capable of being put to all Of' the ordinary uses common to tables of well known construct-ion.

The device is of a form which can be manufactured at a relatively low cost; it is strong and durable and of a character which, when folded and formed into the position shown in Fig. 1, will permit of its being stored in a comparatively small space and yet arranged So that it can be most expeditiously moved about from place to place, and set up into an active table forming condition at the requisite time.

What is claimed as new is A table comprising a top, side and end frame Walls attached thereto, a plurality of sets of lazy tong legs pivotally connected together, one set of legs being pivotally connected with the side frame walls at the inner sides thereof and in the Vicinity of 'one end of the top, and means located on the end wall of the frame at the opposite end of the top, and at the inner side thereof for securing one of the other sets of legs to the end frame of the wall at the opposite end of the top.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DOMENICO OROFINO.

Witnesses Onormo MICHELE, GEO. A. BYRNE. 

